Team Type 1 in running for Giro, Italian wild-card spots

Team Type 1 is among 14 teams revealed to be in the running for wild-card invitations to race in the Giro d'Italia

Team Type 1 is among 14 teams revealed by RCS Sport officials over the weekend to be in the running for wild-card invitations to race in the Giro d’Italia, Milan-San Remo, Tirreno-Adriatico and the Giro di Lombardia.

Team Type 1 rode a full European season in 2011, capped by victory at the Tour of Turkey, and is hoping to gain entry into even bigger races for the coming year.

Whether the U.S.-registered team makes the grade for the Giro remains to be seen, as only four wild-card spots will be in play and competition will be keen among Italian teams to earn a slot. Tirreno will only have two invites while Milan-San Remo and Lombardia, one-day races typically with eight-man teams, will have seven wild-card slots.

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